Against patterned blue wallpaper like a rich backdrop in a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, a young woman with a buzz cut sits with her nude back towards the viewer. That is the subject of a ...

Complex and provocative, Hungarian artist drMáriás is turning more than heads with his jubilee show in Budapest. Figures from world history and modern day politics are frequent targets for his ...

Portraiture festival and performance of “Forever Is a Feeling” by Moveius Contemporary Ballet Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery—Kogod Courtyard Eighth and G streets N.W. Saturday, March 14 ...

Prempeh took the trip because she “wanted to look at my family to understand my existence and where I came from. It has been challenging, but also a blessing.” She has been estranged from her father, ...

Installation view of Now! Young Painting in Germany at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz; Sabrina Haunsperg, “Ohne Titel (2019) Oil on canvas 90 x 110 cm (image courtesy ...

SBI Art Auction is gearing up to stage its Modern Legacy and Bloom Now sales, bringing together a range of modern and ...

London is always a good idea, but amid the city’s frequent spring showers, a weekend gallery crawl is a must—especially given ...

It has become fashionable to say that painters are returning to realism. Such talk is almost always accompanied by skeptical remarks about difficult or obscure art and observations on the bankruptcy ...

When artist Robert McCurdy was taking the high-resolution photograph he would use to paint President Barack Obama's official portrait, he had some instructions: No smile, no gestures and look directly ...

A young woman stands defiantly as two police officers clad in body armor and riot helmets attempt to arrest her. They reach for her and yet seem to fall away, as though her poise repels them. The ...